Improvement in buckles



new. v. BRADLEY.

BUCKLE.

No. 192,412. P atenfLed June 26,1877.

DE WITT V. BRADLEY, OF. WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. R92,4l2, dated June 26,1877 application filed March 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DE WITT V. BRADLEY, of West Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inBuckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a rear view of the buckle; Fig. 2, the clamping portiondetached; and in Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view.

This invention relates to an improvement in buckles, with specialreference to the class used for suspenders, the object being a cheap andsimple construction. It consists in a plate combined with a loop hingedthereto, the ends of the loop within the hinges turned downward, so asto form clamps to engage the strap, as more fully hereinafter described.

a, is the buckle-plate; b, a wire loop, divided upon one side, and thetwo endscturned downward at substantially right angles to the plane ofthe loop, and near these turned-down ends 0 cars formed on the plate areturned over that side of the loop, as seen in Fig. 1,

so as to form a hinge connection between the loop and plate, the end 0bearing against the plate, as seen in Fig. 3, but so that when the loopis turned upward, as indicated in broken lines, the turned-down ends awill be away from the plate, leaving a passage for the strap betweenthose ends and the plate, and when the strap is passed between the twothe loop is again turned onto the plate to bring these ends 0 intoengagement with the strap, and thereby prevent its Withdrawal. The braceends are attached to the loop b in the usual manner.

Thus is produced, in two simple parts, a buckle easy of adjustment,secure in attachment, and exceedingly cheap.

In combination with the plate a, the loop 11, hinged thereto, the hingedside of which is divided, and the ends turned at right angles to theplane of the loop and toward the plate, to form a clamp to engage thestrap, substantially as specified.

DE WITT V. BRADLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, CLARA BROUGHTON.

